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restump

restump verb: to renew the stumps supporting a house.

Verb

restump (third-person singular simple present restumps, present participle restumping, simple past and past participle restumped)

  1. (Australia) To renew the stumps supporting a house
    • A house in Moorabbin listed for sale with Better House Removers would cost its buyer "about $75,000-$90,000" to move, including the house, restumping, rejoining, new roof, sarking and metal batons, and council permits, Mr Bernardo estimated.2009 January 25, Caroline James, “Traps to avoid when relocating a home”, in Herald Sun, archived from the original on 29 Jun 2009

Forms of restump

third-person singular presentrestumps
present participlerestumping
past participlerestumped
pastrestumped

Origin of restump

From re- + stump.

Questions about restump

What does restump mean?
Restump means to renew the stumps supporting a house.
What part of speech is restump?
Restump is a verb.
What is the past tense of restump?
The past tense of restump is restumped.

Words near restump in the dictionary

  1. restudying
  2. restuff
  3. restuffed
  4. restuffing
  5. restuffs
  6. restump
  7. restumped
  8. restumping
  9. restumps
  10. restung
  11. resturant

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